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CVE-2020-29373

Published: 28 November 2020

An issue was discovered in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel before 5.6. It unsafely handles the root directory during path lookups, and thus a process inside a mount namespace can escape to unintended filesystem locations, aka CID-ff002b30181d.

Notes

AuthorNote
cascardo
using the commit that introduced io_uring, though the earlier
commit would be one that introduces io_uring sendmsg support. However,
any other commits introducing other operations would be vulnerable.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.13.0-16.19)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-18.22)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-26.30)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.2.0-16.19)
Patches:
Introduced by

2b188cc1bb857a9d4701ae59aa7768b5124e262e

Fixed by ff002b30181d30cdfbca316dadd099c3ca0d739c
linux-aws
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1001.1)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1005.5)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1009.9)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1001.10)
linux-aws-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.3)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

linux-aws-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1018.18~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1030.31~16.04.1)
linux-azure
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.3)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1006.6)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1010.10)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.11.0-1009.9)
linux-azure-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1082.92)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1020.20~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.3)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-dell300x
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1005.8)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.3)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1005.5)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1009.9)
upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.10.0-1004.4)
trusty Does not exist

linux-gcp-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1071.81)
groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

focal Does not exist

linux-gcp-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1019.19~18.04.2)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.3)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of standard support, was needed)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1018.19~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1025.25~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gkeop
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1008.9)
groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gkeop-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1001.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(replaced by linux-hwe-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1)
linux-hwe-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-37.41~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe-5.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
focal Not vulnerable
(5.8.0-23.24~20.04.1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

linux-hwe-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe)
linux-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1002.2)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1004.4)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1009.9)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1004.9)
linux-lts-trusty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
linux-oem-5.10
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.10.0-1008.9)
groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem-5.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.6.0-1007.7)
groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem-osp1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1007.9)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1005.5)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1009.9)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1007.9~16.04.1)
linux-oracle-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-oracle-5.3)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-oracle-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1019.19~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1007.7)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1008.8)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1013.13~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

linux-raspi2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.13.0-1005.5)
upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.2.0-1013.19)
focal Ignored
(replaced by linux-raspi)
groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

linux-raspi2-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.3.0-1023.25~18.04.1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

linux-riscv
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-24.28)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Does not exist

linux-snapdragon
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1077.82)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.6~rc2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1013.15)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N